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Magnetic resonance images of chronic patellar tendinitis

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Chronic patellar tendinitis can be a frustrating diagnostic and therapeutic problem. This report evaluates seven tendons in five patients with chronic patellar tendinitis. The etiologies included “jumper's knee” and Osgood-Schlatter disease. In all cases magnetic resonance images (MRI) showed thickening of the tendon. Some of the tendons had focal areas of thickening which helped establish the etiology. All cases had intratendinous areas of increased signal which, in four cases, proved to be chronic tendon tears. MRI is useful in evaluating chronic patellar tendinitis because it establishes the diagnosis, detects associated chronic tears, and may help determine appropriate rehabilitation.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, P.O. Box 280179, 33682-0179, Tampa, FL, USA

    David Bodne M.D. & Stephen F. Quinn M.D.

  2. MRI Center of Idaho, Boise, Idaho, USA

    Stephen F. Quinn M.D., William T. Murray M.D. & Courtney Cochran R.T.

  3. Department of Pathology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA

    Thomas Bolton M.D.

  4. Department of Orthopedics, St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho, USA

    Steven Rudd M.D., Kirk Lewis M.D., Peter Daines M.D. & John Bishop M.D.

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Bodne, D., Quinn, S.F., Murray, W.T. et al. Magnetic resonance images of chronic patellar tendinitis. Skeletal Radiol 17, 24–28 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00361451

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